Southern Colonies Assessment

Below is a map of the 13 colonies. What color is the Southern colonies region on the map?

• Red

• Green

• Yellow

What are the main natural resources for the Southern colonists? Select all that apply.

• Tabacco

• Whale Oil

• Indigo

• Cotton

If you lived and worked in the Southern colonies, what could your job have been? Select all that apply.

• Farmer

• Fishermen

• Logger

• Whaler

Some individuals or families moved to the Southern colonies because they needed to pay off a debt? Once the debt was paid off, these people were free. What term describes these people?

• Slave

• Laborer

• Indentured Servant

• Borrowman

What is a plantation owner? Describe the role of this person in the Southern colonies.

• worked off his/her debt, they were paid for their labor.

• were people who worked the land to grow crops.

• were people who owned many acres of land that were farmed for a variety of crops. Most plantation owners owned slaves.

• ere people who worked on plantations or farms without pay.

True or False  

_____________The Southern colonies had a warm climate with plenty of rain. The soil was great for farming.

• True

• False

Who completed much, if not all, of the labor on a plantation in the Southern colonies?

• the owner and his children

• indentured servants and slaves

• women and American Indians

• landowners and artisans

What is a cash crop?

• a crop that is not edible

• a crop that is constantly changing

• a crop that loses money

• a crop that makes money

Name one more crop or natural resource the Southern colonists produced on their farms. Write in complete sentences. *Must be a different crop or natural resource than those listed in number 2.

• Cotton

• Whale oil

• Wood

• Deer

Why could planters easily transport their crops?

• The wagons used were large and easy to drive from one town to another.

• The farmer’s market held at the town square allowed colonists to trade their crops

• The planters didn’t transport their crops because all farms and plantations were self-sufficient.

• There were many waterways that allowed ocean going vessels to tie up at a dock.